Panithirai

Panithirai is a 1961 Indian Tamil-language film, directed by Muktha Srinivasan and produced by Muktha Ramaswamy. The film stars Gemini Ganesan, B. Saroja Devi, K. A. Thangavelu and T. S. Balaiah in lead roles. It is a remake of the Hindi film Ardhangini (1959). In Panithirai, a village girl is shunned by everyone in her village as they believe she brings bad luck. She falls in love with, and marries a non-superstitious airline pilot (Ganesan), but problems arise when his aeroplane goes missing. The film was released on 29 December 1961.